Using a Rubric to Grade Your Story

 Criteria

Points

 

 

1
Needs Improvement

2
Promising

3
Developing

4
Competent

5
Strong

6
Exceeds Expectations

 

Lessons 1-5
Writing Quotations

twelve or more punctuation and capitalization errors

nine to eleven punctuation and capitalization errors

six to eight punctuation and capitalization errors

three to five punctuation and capitalization errors

one or two punctuation and capitalization errors

no errors in punctuation and capitalization

 

Lesson 6
Using Conversation

no or incorrect use of conversation

limited conversation

Conversation adds to the story though may be used incorrectly at times.

Conversation is correctly used throughout the story as needed.

Conversation improves the story's plot and resolution.

Conversation enhances the story's plot and resolution.

 

Lesson 7
Point of View

incorrect changing of point of view three or more times

incorrect changing of point of view two times

incorrect changing of point of view one time

uses point of view

strong point of view

consistent unique point of view

 

Lesson 8
Story Map

no clear plot (conflict) or resolution

limited plot (conflict) which may or may not be resolved

limited plot (conflict) which is resolved

plot (conflict) builds with a resolution

interesting story that builds the plot (conflict)  with a resolution

captivating story that builds the plot (conflict)  with a unique resolution

 

Lesson 9
Interesting Setting

no setting

limited setting with vague words

describes the setting

good use of imagery to describe setting

strong use of imagery used to describe setting

vivid imagery used to describe setting

 

Lesson 10 Imaginative Story Beginning

underdeveloped

very weak, limited beginning

direct and usually clear beginning

strong  beginning

clear and thoughtful beginning

engaging, thoughtful, and creative beginning

 

Lesson 11 Building a Captivating Plot

lacks sequence of events, disorganized

develops a limited sequence of events

develops a  loosely organized sequence of events

develops a correct sequence of events

develops a strong sequence of events

develops a fascinating sequence of events

 

Lesson 12
Grammar and Spelling

four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors.

five or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors

four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors

three or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors

no more than two or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors

no spelling errors and/or grammatical errors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Grading

A+

48-41 Points

A

40-33 Points

B

32-25 Points

C

24-17 Points

D

16-23 Points

Rewrite

8 or less Points

 

 

 Use the grading rubric to grade the following student stories. Note - You will have the following scores: 1 six, 1 five, 1 four, 1 three, 1 two, and 1 one.

 

     I was camping in the Cherokee National Forest with my dad. We sat that night, huddled around the orange flames of a fire. I ate the sweet, juicy, tender bird we had caught. I looked at the luscious green forest and sighed in satisfaction.

     "Go get some fire wood," Dad said.

     "Alright," I replied. I stood up, grabbed the flashlight, and walked into the trees.

     The trees seemed to reach out at me as I heard a rush of howling wind. Then I heard a booming, crack, crack! I shone my light on a bush and almost fainted as a black shape stepped out. Then I realized all it was a skunk. It had a white stripe that made it appear as if it had run under a newly painted white fence.

     "Hey, little guy," I joked as the fright drained away.

     Then suddenly the black and white demon lifted up its tail and sprayed me with a long line of green, green gas. I had never smelled anything so nasty since I had opened a package of week old cheese. The skunk now looked as if it were a monster with long sharp teeth. The fur raised on its back, and it darted at me. I ran fearing, fearing another attack. I tripped and fell to the ground, tasting dirt. I woke up to see the back of the car. Obviously Dad had found me and had decided to go home. I, Logan Vincent, I was going home. I was going home. Home.

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      I jumped out of the high swing when I saw a gigantic rusty time machine. I ran over there and looked at it. I wonder where it can take me to? So I pressed tree bottens and I herad a loud ding. I hopped in the time shine. It took me to the Great Plans! When I looked up I saw a white cover with a bottom brown wagon with black and brwnw horse. I walked to the tall wagn with horse. I climbed in the wagon and I said “Giddyup hrouse”. When I herad a tapping of the hrourse hooves and the dusty air that went in my face. I heard a roaring of big black bufflow stampede that swish from the grassy plains. I screamed “Haaa help”! I saw a brown Cheroke Indain on a white and brown spoted horse with a white mae that whooped up from the hills, scared the buffalo away, down the grassy plains, and they were gone. I opened up my cold refreshing water and washed my face to cool off. When I was going back to the time machine the Indain boy said “Good bye.”

     I said “Good bye” to him. I got out of the stage coach and ran to the old rusty time machine. I pressed four bottons and it Vroomed! I heard a loud ding to tell me it’s done. I was back at the playgroud on the swing.

 

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      It wer a suny dae wer it hapned. I cant belev he did it the  man tuk all the stuff from the bank he run in the cop an aresd him

 

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      I was putting my gear on to go treasure hune. And then I was redy so I got off wanked and tell I fand a good practs it to the beach. So I swam and swam and tel hammerheads and then I stop in my tracks bors it was big. It senem me I weid wak a little and stop a litte and tel. then a hammerheads turn a ruer sue ha I can start swm a gan I kep gent and gont. I bent want on time a dong. Il onto sunt in a haet I got out fo it the so samsup to sor to see stnm toiteat. I ran a roont and a donne. I eat it and then I want somm a gan. I gan for a bat there a ser strop and tood a drank for a saek. Then I sall a dolphin I talk to it was big and gray I sead good bay. I move hon a tel I sall a sunndooy but the wans no treasire but I deep on and then I sall a nor sunk dook but the stetime it nae my treasure. Ahhhh waat a reimi so took the gold to a  market manager dait the gold and jewels then I was ric. The I want home and lad home wnet to sep.

 

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      “Ahhhh! I said ruining from a ferocious black jaguar. I looked up asn saw more and more black ugly jaguars. Os I with faster and faster looking for something to hid behind, so I paces the perfume flowers,. I got destructive and fell into a humongous tree root. The scratches felt like needless go into my skin. I jupped up and ran to what smelled lide water. It ran me right into a waterfall then I kinw to hid behind a sparkling waterfall so I ran to it and behind it was a cave of monkeys. On lead me down and down in to the groud. I said “Thank you” and walked around it ran me right in the water and they monkeys let me stay ther and taught me to go to one tree to another. When I go home I’m not go to tell noone. Os I wen in the hole and when home.

 

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     The moonlight shimmered on the large lake. The stars twinkled as the night got darker. I was camping in the Candian wilderness with my brother. My brother and I had just gotten our campsite set up.

     "It's a full moon”, my brother said.

     "So, I replied.

     "So, there could be wolfes out here!" he exclaimed.

     "Yeah, right”, I said in a calm voice.

     Then clouds came out of nowhere and covred the twinkling stars, but left the moon. Rain came pouring down. Down so hard and fast that our fire sizzled as it went out. The fire smoldered only for a few minutes. The wind blew wildly and screemed. Then out of all the noise we heard it. It as a shreek and sharp. It was something you wouldnt want to mess with. It was a wolf.

     The wolfs howl seemed to be getting closer. I turned around to see my brother, but he was in the tent and would not let me in. Then I heard a loud growl. So loud it was as if it was growling into a megaphon. I slowly turned around and saw the wolf. Immediately I took off running. I heard the wolf's paws scraping at the ground. The wind caused the rain to beat against my face. I jumped over a log and contined running. But the wolf was gaining on me, and I knew instantly that this was the end. The end, the end! I screamed out, "Oh dear Lord help me!" Before I could finish, my face was in the dirt. I had tripped and banged my head on a log.

     Very quickly I noticed the wolf was on my back clawing. I yelped in pain! The wolf got up, and I rose up. I thought he was done, but he wasn't. He came running and tackled me. I went to the ground again, but this time I fought back. I grabed and kicked at him. I gave it all my might, but he was still as energtic as a little kid! Soon I couldn't see. Blood had driped into my eyes. The wolf bit my arm, and I screamed. The wolf had finally finished. I slowly got up and stood in the rain, crying in pain. Pain, so much pain. Soon I fell back and fainted. I woke up and relized I was in a hospital. I rose up and noticed I had scratches, with stitches sewing them up. I fell back down and sighed, "Andrew, why didn't you help me?"

     He replied "I I I was too scared!"

     We both laughed.

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